No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 872 I'm Not Doing It For Money
"So this is why you asked me that day, who will Aunt Bella's property be given to?" After Draco finished speaking, he remembered something and hurriedly turned to Ou Mengmeng. So she not only wanted to help Harry get the Black family's property, but also wanted to help him get Aunt Bella's property.

"Yes, I can look at things in two ways. Wealth has nothing to do with character, especially since this is your family's wealth. Basically, except for your father, these people are more parasites than each other, and their wealth is all old money. At least the crime is not in their hands." Ou Mengmeng hurriedly expressed her attitude. Although the roots of this money are not too clean, it has nothing to do with the Death Eaters anyway. At least these pure-blood nobles, at that time, spent money, not made money.

However, their investment is aristocratic, which is very different from James Potter and others. They are purely idealistic and donate for justice.

"Dear Petunia, I really cannot agree with your moral standards." Hermione covered her face, but she was still a top student thinking, "So Harry's godfather is also a Death Eater?"

"No, in principle, Sirius is also a member of the Order of the Phoenix and one of its main donors. However, according to legend, he was the Potter family's secret keeper, so the You-Know-Who was able to find the Potters because he betrayed them. After that, he was arrested on his own initiative and was sent to Azkaban without any defense." Ou Mengmeng thought about it and told the existing information. There were some things that she couldn't be too sure of.

"Secret-keeper?" Hermione's knowledge of the wizarding world had not yet reached this level.

"The Fidelius Charm is an extremely complex spell that uses magic to hide a person's secret forever in the soul of a living person. The secret is hidden in the heart of the chosen person, the secret keeper, and therefore will never be discovered. Unless of course the secret keeper reveals it on his own initiative. As long as the secret keeper does not reveal it, even a thief will not be able to see them if he puts his nose against the glass of their living room. But if the secret keeper tells the secret to others personally, the protection of the secret will be breached. If the secret keeper dies, then everyone who knows the secret becomes its secret keeper. Legend has it that James Potter asked his best friend and brother, Sirius Black, to be his secret keeper. But it was still leaked! And it was a week after the establishment of the Fidelius Charm." Ou Mengmeng shook her body gently, thinking that timing was really a good thing!

"So, is it possible that Sirius betrayed Harry's parents? Even if it wasn't intentional, letting Harry inherit his property is a great disrespect to James and Potter." Hermione understood and was a little angry. This really challenged her worldview.

"Yes, that's absolutely right." Ou Mengmeng nodded. "If it's true, then what I did was indeed extremely disgraceful. It seemed like I was profit-driven and was rubbing Harry's reputation under my feet. Otherwise, why did Uncle Lucius and the others help me but never come forward? It was because they couldn't agree with me."

"Then why are you still doing it?" Hermione calmed down. After more than a year of contact, Hermione still had some trust in Ou Mengmeng. She really wouldn't go to that extent.

"We are going to sue. If we sue and ask the Black family to pay compensation, we can get most of it. Of course, it will be divided. Because there is also a victim named Peter Pettigrew. When Sirius was killing Peter Pettigrew, he blew up a street and injured innocent Muggles. Then he was caught. So, it will be difficult for me to get the whole fortune." Ou Mengmeng sighed and looked at Draco.
"So your mother was very perceptive. She immediately went to your uncle and transferred all the money to Harry's name. The main reason was that the integrity of the ancestral house was preserved. Although the house is very valuable, it is not about the money. Even if Harry worked hard all his life, it would be difficult for him to get such a house. Look, my family doesn't have it yet! So we chose to act first. Gold is really secondary. Harry can definitely earn it back by himself, and he doesn't need others to give it to him."

"Thank you. Now let's talk about how to tell Harry." Draco rolled his eyes at her. Is the house the main point? He really believed her lies. If Harry knew who the original owner of the house was, he would probably burn the house down.

"I want to protect that house for another important reason. The Black family shouldn't disappear into the long river of history with a bad reputation. If something happens, what can I give back to them?
Just like Regulus, everyone thought he was a Death Eater, and was executed by a mysterious person because he was cowardly. Now I can tell you responsibly that he is a hero, a particularly great hero. But I cannot tell his story. At least not now. "Ou Mengmeng also propped up her face, thinking about the movie, Harry said lightly that he heard from Sirius that he was dead. Ou Mengmeng felt very distressed. However, the most heartbreaking thing is that no one, including the Black family, knew what Regulus had done. When they knew everything Regulus had done, the only ones alive in the Black family were the three older sisters of the Black family. The person who should know the most is actually Sirius.

"And Sirius, I still have doubts about his identity. He and James are as close as a pair of trousers. Professor McGonagall told me that James and Sirius are the leaders of their small group. Of course, both of them are very smart...extremely smart. You would think they are a pair of brothers! Inseparable!"

"So, my parents still don't believe that Sirius would betray Potter. He can betray anyone, but he will never betray Potter. You also saw that as soon as my mother went there, he immediately signed the book of gift." Draco nodded. He knew something about Sirius, but that was all.

"But, so many people proved it at the time. Moreover, it was because no one believed that You-Know-Who succeeded." Hermione said hurriedly. The Ministry of Magic is not stupid. The point is, the Order of the Phoenix has so many people, and they are not stupid either.

"The main thing is, legend has it that Dumbledore suggested that they cast the Fidelius Charm and offered to be their secret-keeper. However, James refused and used his brother Sirius instead." Ou Mengmeng laughed.

"Why?" They really didn't know this gossip.

"Because the Order of the Phoenix discovered that there was a traitor at that time, but they didn't know who it was. When the situation became more and more dangerous, my mother and the Longbottoms had accidents one after another. Harry's family was the final decisive battle." Ou Mengmeng spread her hands.

In terms of time, his family was the first, followed by the Longbottom family, and then it was obvious that the Noseless Monster felt that the first two times were too easy, and he was not hurt, so he personally dealt with the last one. That is, he thought it was his lifelong enemy, the Harry family!

Who would have thought that there was a big gift from Dumbledore? So, the one who died at Harry's hands? Of course not, the one who died before Lily's sacrifice, risking her life with a love spell! And this spell, by chance, was taught by Dumbledore.

　Sirius didn't seem to be redressed until his death, and he kept hiding, so there are really a lot of regrets in the middle. This time I should solve these problems.
　　(End of this chapter)